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Flash Flood — Oklahoma, OK

Jun 14, 2010

Significant flooding occurred over parts of central Oklahoma. Numerous homes and cars were flooded. One person died, and at least 136 people were injured. Damage was estimated at $5.5 million in Oklahoma county alone.||The event began late on June 13th, as thunderstorms developed over northwest Oklahoma. The thunderstorms developed ahead of a slow moving cold front that was located over southwest Kansas into the northern Texas panhandle. A large outflow boundary also extended eastward. The thund

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 247565). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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